Daisy Bates

Definition

Daisy Bates was an American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957. She guided and advised nine black students who were enrolled at an all-white high school (Little Rock Central High School) in Arkansas.

Related terms

Little Rock Nine: A group of nine African American students enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas during September 1957.

Desegregation: The process of ending systematic racial segregation.

Civil Rights Act (1964): Landmark legislation outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.